Shanghai
China's easiest first-arrival city and a strong base for Jiangnan trips.
Explore China through regional travel hubs.
Open a city or scenic-area guide, then follow its links into smaller places and more detailed routes.
Eastern China
Shanghai, water towns, Yellow Mountain scenery, and Jiangnan culture.
Suzhou
Classical Chinese gardens, canal towns, and silk heritage, a short hop from Shanghai.
Hangzhou
West Lake scenery, tea culture, and a classic Jiangnan capital.
Nanjing
Ming and Republican-era history, city walls, and a former capital's monuments.
Huangshan
Mountain scenery, ancient villages, and classic Anhui landscapes.
Wuyuan
Southern China
Greater Bay Area cities, coastal Fujian, karst landscapes, and cross-border routes.
Central China
Dramatic mountain parks, ancient capitals, temples, and Yangtze River routes.
Southwest China
Sichuan food and mountains, Chongqing, Yunnan old towns, Guizhou villages, and Tibet.
North China
Imperial capitals, coast, Confucian heritage, grasslands, and Shanxi architecture.
Northeast China
Ice festivals, border cities, Manchurian history, beaches, and Korean cultural areas.
Northwest China
Silk Road cities, desert landscapes, Tibetan regions, and far-west cultural routes.